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Albany History Reader

Albany History Reader

Don Rittner

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Lulu Press
Año de edición:
2022
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Historia de América
ISBN:
9780937666708
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Volume Two of this 'History Reader' series deals with 19th-century Albany. It includes articles about the controversy over the possible removal of a Revolutionary War Hero’s statue, Albany’s connection to the killing of Abraham Lincoln and Houdini, and the plan to create the first underwater tunnel connecting Albany to the city of Rensselaer.

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